Sole-cutter and numbering-machine.



H. S. MIRANDETTE. SOLE CUTTER AND NUMBERTNG MACHINE. APPLICATION FILEDFEBJ, 1911.

1,033,764. Patented July 23,1912.

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SOLE CUTTER AND NUMBERING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. l, 1911, 1,033,764. Patented July 23, 191-2.

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' ing unrrnn STATES HORMIDAS S. MIRA NDETTE, OF SPENCER, MASSACHUSETTS.

SOLE-CUTTER AND NUMBERING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1912. Serial No. 605,953.

Application filed. February 1, 1911.

To all whom it may. concern:

Be it known that I, Hormone S. MIRAN- nnr'rn, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Spencer, In the county of Worcester andState. of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImrovements in Sole-Cutters and Numberinghllachines, of which the.following is a. speci fication.

This invention relates to shoe machinery and particularly to. a combinedsole outtlng and numbering machine.

An object of thisinventionis to provide means for cutting, the ed es ofthe soles at four difierent locations, v1z., at the toecurve of the soloon. the inside of the ball line 0 and at the front portion ofthe heelon. each side in order. that the edge portions of the soles may beturned up without curling, said sole edges being out half way through. I

A further object of. this invention is to rovide novel means. forstamping the size, y number, on the said soles and 1n th s connection anovel system of numberlng is employed and made effective by the positlonof the numbers'w-ith relation to the-edges of the. sole or heel; theinvention further contemplating the provision of novel means forpermitting movement of the sole numberlng element and means forreta1n1ng. the said element at different positions of ad ustment.

With the foregoing and other ob ects- 1n View, the invention consists inthe details of construction and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the inventlon 1n detall, ref erence will be had to theaccompany ng drawings forming part of this specification wherein likecharacters denote'correspondarts in the several views, and in whicli-Figure 1 illustrates a wow ln-front elevation of a machine embodying theinventlon; Fig. 2 illustrates a side elevation thereof; Fig; 3illustrates a top plan v 1ew;.F1 g. 4 illustrates a view similar to Fig.2. except that a portion of the machine is omitted and the cutting headis in its lowermost position; Fig. 5 illustrates an enlarged detail viewof the. work rest or table Fig. 6 illustrates a detail view of afragment of said table, partly in; section-showing the means forretaining the numbering mechanlsm at d fferent positions of adjustment;Fig. 7 illustrates a perspective view of one of the of the sole Fig. 8illustrates a perspective View of an edge cutter designedtooperate atthe toe end of. the sole; Fig. 9 illustrates a plan view of the. soleafter being subjected to the action of the machine; Fig. 10 illustratesa detail view of. a fragment of thesole showing the heel ortion. thereofnumbered to denote a size di erent from that indicated in Fig. 9-; andFig. 11. illustrates an edge view of a portion of the sole shown in Fig.I 10,. with theedge cut half-way through.

In these, drawings 12 denotes a base havmg a standard 13 risingtherefrom and terrninating in av bearing 14 for thereciprocatmg rod 15which extends downwardly through the base and is designed to be movedany suitable manner forthe purpose of carrying the cutter head (.to bepresently explained). The base 12'is provided with a ed plate 16containing a work rest 17 which work rest is provided with a series ofplates 18 termed holding plates. or lugs, which are provided for thepurpose of holding the edges of the soles 19 which may be applied to thework rest. It is shown in Fig. 5 that the. holding plates or 18 havingslots 20 which permit the movement of the holding plates relative to thebinding screws 21. by which they are held on the work rest, thereforethdposition of said platesv may be changed to suit. the. particularconfiguration of" the sole being held. The standard 13 has. a. guide 22.on its inner edge which is engaged by a heel 24 of the cutter head 25,the said cutter head being provided with an aperture 26 for thereception of the rod 15, and said head is further provided with abindingv screw 27 which is designed to engage the rod 15 for clampingthe cutter head thereto so that the reciprocal motion of the rod iscommunicated to the head and the said" head is carried thereby.

The cutter head has a plate 28 secured to it by the bolts 29 which boltsextend through slots 30 in the cutter head and through slots 31 in theplate 28 thereby permitting the adjustment of the plate 28 transverselyas well as rearwardly and forwardly of the cutter head. The plate 28 hasthe edge cutting knives 32 secured to its edge by means of the screws33, thesaid knives 32 being provided with slots 34 which permit theadjilstment of the knives under the influence of the screws 35 which arethreaded in the lugs 36' on the plate 28. As heretofore knives; cuttingthe slit. in the edge portion stated, the knives 32 are three in numberand are designed to operate on the soles for cutting the same on eachside of the sole in front of the heel, on the inside of the ball line.The knife 37 which is provided to cut the sole at the toe end thereof isdifferent in contour from the knife 32 and has two cutting edges 38 and39 at right angles to each other. The knife 37 is provided with the slot40 in order that it ma be adjusted on the screw 41 under the in uence ofthe said screw 35.

A' plunger 42 extends through the cutter head and through the plate 28and is designed to coact with the numbering mechanism to be presentlyexplained. The plunger 42 is secured to the head by means of a set screw43 extending through the said plunger and anchored in the edge of thehead.

Under the influence of the rod 15, the head 25 may be moved from theposition shown in Fig. 2 to the position shown in Fig. 4 in which latterposition the knives and plunger are coacting with the work rest andnumbering mechanism to operate on the sole 44 in wh1ch position .of theparts the sole is provided with the slots or cuts 45, 46, 47 and 48 aswell as the numeral 5 shownin Fig. 9 of the drawing.

For the purpose of numbering the soles, the work rest is provided with aslot .forming a seat for the die bar 49 which die bar has a series ofnumbering dies 50 which may be brought to position under the plunger 42for the purpose of pressing the sole into contact with the number on thedie in order that the size of the sole may be impressed thereon. In thisconnection a system of numbering is utilized which has been foundadvantageous and to that end the numbers have been put on the dies insuch a way as to indicate whether the numeral applied to the soledenotes a full size or a full size and a half size of the numberimpressed thereon. To that end, the said numbers have been placed on thedie so that they will stand vertically with relation to the edges of thesole or diagonally with relation to said edges. The former position ofthe member will indicate that the size of the sole corresponds to thenumber applied thereto whereas where the number is arranged at an angleor diagonallyo'f the sole it will indicate a half size of an additionalnumber, for instance in Figs. 9 and 10, Fig. 9 is marked to denote thatthe size is number 5 whereas in Fig. 10, the numeral indicates that thesole is size five and one-half.

The bar 49 is provided with seats or recesses similar to the recess 51shown in'Fig. 6 and the said recess is designed to receive a latch 52which extends through an aperture 53 in the work rest. The latch ispressed inwardly by means of the spring 54 so that its inner end may beseated in the recess 51 of the bar, thus holding the bar againstmovement until the latch is manipulated for releasing the bar when thesaid bar may be set to position a die ofthe desired number under theplunger. By this means, the numbering mechanism may be associated with acutting mechanism and the said numbering mechanism may be madeinterchangeable or adjustable so that the proper numeral may be appliedto the sole.

I claim 1. In a sole cutting and numbering machine, a base, a bed-platesupported by said base, a work-rest on said bed-plate,.said work-resthaving a channel, a numbering die-bar adjust-ably mounted in saidchannel, a standard having a bearing in the upper portion thereof, a rodadapted to reciprocate in said bearing, a cutter-head carried by saidrod, said cutter-head carrying cutting kmves, a plunger carried by saidoutter-head, said plunger adapted to coact with the dies of thenumbering die-.bar.

2. In a sole cutting and numbering machine, a base, a bed-platesupported by said base, a work-rest supported by said bedheadsecured tosaid rod, knives secured to said cutter-head a plunger'carried by saidcutter-head, sai plunger adapted to coact with the dies of the numberingdie-bar.

3'. The combination with a sole cuttin machine, having a work-rest and achanne in said work-rest, a movable cutter-head, a

numbering mechanism comprising a numbering-die-bar havin dies in thesurface thereof, said numberlng die-bar being adjustable in saidchannel, a latch member for holding said numbering die-bar in itspositions of adjustment, a plunger carried by and movable with saidcutter-head, and said plunger adapted to coact with said dies on thenumbering die-bar. 4

4; In a sole cutting and numbering machine, a base, a bed-platesupported by said base, a work-rest mounted on said bedplate, a standardhaving a bearing in one end thereof supported by said bed-plate, a rodcarrying a cutter-head, adapted to reciprocate within said bearing, aguide on said support, said guide adapted to engage the heel of saidcutter-head, a plunger on said cutter-head, said lunger adapted to movetherewith, a num bering die-bar supported by the work-rest, means forreciprocating the said cutter-head, and the said plunger adapted tocoact with the dies adapted to cut the toe portion of a sole, of thenumbering die-bar. knives with strai ht edges for cutting the 5. In asole cutting and numbering masole at the sides tiereof, and means forrechine, a base, a work-rest'supported thereciprocating saidcutter-head.

5 by, said work-rest having a channel, a num- In testimony whereof, Iaflix my signa- 15 boring die-bar adjifistable in said channel, ture inthe presence of two witnesses. means for holding the numbering die-barin HORMIDAS S. MIRANDETTE. its positions of adjustment, a cutter-head,Witnesses: a knife having cutting edges at an angle to PEARLE E. CLARKE,

10 each other carried thereby, said knife IDA V. JOHNSON.

